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Empire is a British film magazine which was started in July 1989. Over the years, they have produced multiple best-of all-time movie lists. Dave’s Movie Database has compiled and aggregated nine of those lists into a “definitive” top 100 movies according to Empire.
1. Star Wars – Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
2. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
3. The Godfather (1972)
4. Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
5. Pulp Fiction (1994)
6. Goodfellas (1990)
7. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
8. Jaws (1975)
9. Aliens (1986)
10. The Godfather Part II (1974)
11. Apocalypse Now (1979)
12. Blade Runner (1982)
13. Casablanca (1942)
14. The Matrix (1999)
15. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
16. Alien (1979)
17. Schindler’s List (1993)
18. The Usual Suspects (1995)
19. Citizen Kane (1941)
20. Taxi Driver (1976)
21. Se7en (Seven) (1995)
22. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
23. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
24. Star Wars – Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983)
25. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
26. Rear Window (1954)
27. Fight Club (1999)
28. Back to the Future (1985)
29. Die Hard (1988)
30. The Big Lebowski (1998)
31. Heat (1995)
32. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
33. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
34. Gladiator (2000)
35. Vertigo (1958)
36. The Shining (1980)
37. L.A. Confidential (1997)
38. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
39. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
40. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
41. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
42. Psycho (1960)
43. The Seven Samurai (Schichinin no Samurai) (1954)
44. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
45. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
46. Jurassic Park (1993)
47. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
48. Gone with the Wind (1939)
49. American Beauty (1999)
50. Raging Bull (1980)
51. Forrest Gump (1994)
52. Some Like It Hot (1959)
53. Titanic (1997)
54. Donnie Darko (2001)
55. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
56. Léon: The Professional (1994)
57. 12 Angry Men (1957)
58. Stand by Me (1986)
59. Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain) (2001)
60. The Terminator (1984)
61. Fargo (1996)
62. Once Upon a Time in the West (C’era Una Volta il West) (1968)
63. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
64. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
65. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
66. Braveheart (1995)
67. Memento (2001)
68. Trainspotting (1996)
69. Toy Story (1995)
70. Ghostbusters (1984)
71. The Exorcist (1973)
72. Annie Hall (1977)
73. True Romance (1993)
74. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
75. Magnolia (1999)
76. The Third Man (1949)
77. Chinatown (1974)
78. Scarface (1983)
79. North by Northwest (1959)
80. Grease (1978)
81. Lost in Translation (2003)
82. Withnail and I (1987)
83. The Princess Bride (1987)
84. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
85. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
86. The Blues Brothers (1980)
87. The Great Escape (1963)
88. Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
89. Good Will Hunting (1997)
90. The Searchers (1956)
91. Platoon (1986)
92. The Graduate (1967)
93. The Wild Bunch (1969)
94. The Dark Knight (2008)
95. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
96. The Thing (1982)
97. There Will Be Blood (2007)
98. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
99. Rocky (1976)
100. The Lion King (1994)
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Originally posted 7/25/2019; last updated 5/28/2023. | 
